Re: [PLUG] Open source Mail client

[Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

It's also very common that mail apps don't even load images by
default. That's the case with Outlook where I work. So all that effort
to make fancy graphic signatures is for naught unless the recipient
decides it's worth clicking on a button just to see them.

On Thu, Jan 06, 2022 at 05:26:20AM -0500, Casey Bralla via plug wrote:
> Sorry, guys, but I think you all are peeing into the wind. Graphics in
> eMail signatures are VERY common in business environments.  My company
> REQUIRES small graphic images to identify my office phone, mobile phone,
> and office location.  They also require HTML formatted text for my name
> and title, a company logo, and for the new year, we had to add a fancy
> graphic of the year changing.
> 
> Yes, its screws up text-only eMail, but most (non-nerdy) people use
> graphic-capable eMail clients, so they don't care.  Microsoft Outlook
> handles it all just fine and it looks good. It presents company
> "branding" in a consistent and professional-looking way.
> 
> 
> BTW, I HATE the reliance on javascript on web pages.  It makes it so you
> can't even print a page from, say, Target.com because the formatting is
> done in complex css and javascript.  Unfortunately, Target doesn't care
> what I think, and I have no power to stop them.
> 
> Casey
> 
> 
> On 1/6/22 03:25, Steve Litt via plug wrote:
> > H Mottaleb via plug said on Wed, 5 Jan 2022 20:28:32 -0500
> >
> >> I think you misunderstood what I meant by image. It's not an image of
> >> me but my company logo. Most businesses today use those as a
> >> signatures along with some way of contacting them.
> > What Walt said !
> >
> > Whether it's your photo, your company logo, or a photo of the
> > Mississippi at midnight, it's going to piss off text-only people (like
> > me). If you do it anyway, please have a text sig for Linux User Group
> > mailing lists, because a majority of their members deal in text email.
> >
> > As far as "most businesses today", they also spam, use mailchimp, and
> > have horrible HTML email as poorly engineered as their websites, and
> > maybe as megabyte-heavy.
> >
> > I do text email, and nobody has ever told me they can't read my email.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
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